Display stand



Aug. 7, 1934.

F.A l.. STONE DISPLAY STAND Filed April 4, 1932- INVENTOR.'

ATTORNEY.

atentecl Aug. 7, 1934 lDISPLAY STAND Y.

Frederick L. Stone, Denver, Colo.,- assignor to Grace J. Stone, DenvenColo. l

VAppliwtion April 4, 1932, serial No. 603,021

2 claims. (c1. 1o-146)` n This invention relates to a display stand for charts, maps, graphs and other articles of similar character, particularly adapted for use in educa- A tional institutions or lecture halls.

5 'It is an object of the invention to provide a portable stand of suitable height, having at its top a rack from which, in practice, the maps or charts are suspended.

A further object is to provide a-rack composed of a plurality ofV interchangeable and reversible units, which conjointly provide a display-element of large capacity. y

Still another object resides in the provision of a display stand, as stated above, which is of simple knock-down construction so that it may be transported by mail and assembled to an operative condition by simple methods of connection and without the necessity of employing skilled labor.

Further objects of the invention are to be found in details of construction and in a novel arrangement of parts, as will be fully set forth in the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, the invention has been shown in its preferred form, like characters of reference designating corresponding parts throughout the views.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of the display Stand,

Figure 2 is a partially broken top view of the same,

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the rack at the top of the stand, taken on the line 3 3, Figure 2, and drawn to an enlarged scale, i

Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken on the line 35' 4 4, Figure 2,

Figure 5 is an enlarged section along the line 5 5, Figure 2, l

Figure 6 is an enlarged, horizontal section, partially broken and taken on the line 6 6, Figure 1, and

Figure 7 is an Aenlarged vertical section along the line 7 7, Figure 1.

Referring further to the drawing, the reference numeral 5 designates a standard supported in a 45 vertical position by four diverging legs 6, and carrying at its upper end a horizontally extending rack.

The rack is composed of a beam 7 fastened at a median point upon the standard and projecting '-50 transversely of the same in a substantially horizontal plane. The beam is rigidly held against displacement by slanting braces 8.

At the ends of the beam are relatively transs versely disposed cross bars 10 which, at median 55 points, are fastened at the ends of the beam. The

crossbars are provided at .their inner faceswith notches 9 of rectangular section which serve vas seats for a series of charthangers 12. a

For simplicity in manufacture, the cross barsV may Yeach be composed Aof two `sections 10a and 60 10c glued or otherwise fastenedA together, as best shown in Figures 4 and 5, the upper section 10a' being transversely grooved to form with the lower' section 10c the notched seats 9. Y

rThe chart hangers are composed-of'at-faced slats which at their ends fit inthe notches ofthe cross bars and which are `held ,against longitudinal displacement by abutmentrof their ends against the inner upright'surfacesofrthe seats.

The flat faces of'- the hangers are `parallel :so that maps or charts, shown` at 13 in Figure 3,'.ma'y be suspended'atA opposite sides of the hangers. The hangers may be made of soft wood vso that the maps or chartscan be fastened thereto `:by means of Vthumb tacks shownwat 14 vinFigure 3. One of the charts or maps has been shown in position in broken lines in Figure 1.

It will be apparent that by the constructio and arrangement of parts hereinabove described, a large number of maps or charts may be suspended from one and the same rack for display at the front thereof. A number of maps or charts may be suspended at opposite sides of the hangers, which, being reversible in their respective seats, permit of the selected display of .8,51l the maps or charts at either side thereof.

Moreover, the fact that the hangers are interchangeable makes it possible to move any one of them to the front of the rack Where its maps or charts may be viewed by a class of students or other audience before whom the stand is placed.

In the form of the stand shown in the drawing, four hangers each having two flat sides, provide for the suspension of .eight sets of maps or charts, which may be separately displayed at the front of the stand by the simple expedient of lifting the hangers out of their seats, exchanging one for another and/or reversing their position as thecase may be.

A large number of maps or charts may thus be assembled on one rack and kept there for any length of time without interfering with theirA individual use whenever required, and the standard therefore provides a safe and convenient 105 storage device as Well as a device for display.

Many of the stands are at present in use in public schools and have been found to fulfill every requirement of the teachers and their pupils as well.

As stated hereinbefore, the stand is adapted for transportation by mail and, therefore, is of knock-down construction.

This construction as shown in the drawing, and hereinafter to be described, is simple, and

practical. It permits of taking the stand apart are of tapering forni and arefaced at their upper ends to be at against the faces of thestandn ard in a slanting position.` The standard has at its lower end lengthwise extending mortisesl5, and the legs have correspondingly formed-v tenons .16 which fit into the same. The legs and the standard have registering holes to receiver headed bolts 17, which, by nuts 18 screwed upon their ends, securely fasten the legs to thestand-y ard.

The legs are four in number and arranged in pairs opposite each other upon the four sides of the rectangularstandard and the sets of regis'- tering holes of the standard and the legs, for the bolts by which, the two pairs of legs are fastened to the standard, are formed one above another so Athatgby the use of but two boltsl of ordinaryl standard make, the four legs may be securely fastened tothe standard.

The rack is supported at the upper end of the standardbyatenon 19 at the upper end of the latter, inserted in a mortise in the lower side of the beam 7, and by the braces 8. The latter are fastened at opposite sides of the standard by single bolt 20 and at the underside of the beam at opposite Ysides of the standard, by bolts 21.

The cross bars 10 are fastened at the ends of the beam by inserting the ends of the latter into mortises 22 at the inner surfaces of the cross bars and by single screws 23.

It will thus be seen that by the use of but ve bolts and two screws, the parts of the display stand may be assembled into a rigid operative structure.

-It is preferred to make thevvarious parts of the stand, with the exception of the bolts and screws, of light wood, so that the stand is conveniently portable and may be sent by parcel post at little cost of postage.

`-What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y Y

1. vA display stand comprising a standard, and a rack at the upper end thereof, composed of a pair of interconnected parallel bars having notched seats in their opposed faces, flat-faced hangers in the seats, and charts suspended from opposite sides of the bars by tacks driven into the flat faces thereof. v v

2. A knock-down `display rack comprising a standard, two pairs of legs having a mortiseA connection at the lower end thereof, two bolts fastening said pairs of legs to the standard, and a rack composed `of a beam having a mortise for,l the end of the standard, cross bars mortised for the endsl of the beam and havingopposed seats, two screws fastening the cross bars to the beam, braces between the beam and the standard, three bolts fastening the braces to the standard and the beam, and hangers supported in the seats", the legs, beam, cross bars, braces and hangers being formed to lie flat against the standard withf in the length thereofwhe,n separated from each other andthe standard, so as to provide, inas-V sociation with the standard,` a compact package for storage or transportation.

FREDERICK L. STONE. 

